
About this episode
Alex talks with Erik Voorhees, founder of Shapeshift and longtime bitcoiner, about decentralization, political philosophy, bitcoin development and culture, Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX, and much more. Sal Qadir (Galaxy Research) and Beimnet Abebe (Galaxy Trading) also join the show.
Links referenced in the show:
SBF's regulatory proposals: https://www.ftxpolicy.com/posts/possible-digital-asset-industry-standards
Erik's response to SBF's regulatory proposals: https://www.moneyandstate.com/blog/response-to-sbf
Galaxy Research's response to SBF's regulatory proposals: https://research.galaxy.com/webmail/994012/29795279/2deb1f4e38f0e6ba217c688e58ec25045b1312e1843c63c050c941ea0709f409
This episode was recorded on Wednesday, December 15, 2022.
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